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11-letter words containing p, r, e, h

  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the tempter — Satan regarded as trying to lead men into sin
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the-prairie — a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
  • thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
  • thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
  • third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
  • thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
  • thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
  • three-phase — of or relating to a circuit, system, or device that is energized by three electromotive forces that differ in phase by one third of a cycle or 120°.
  • three-piece — Clothing. consisting of three matching or harmonious pieces, as an ensemble of coat, skirt, and blouse for a woman or a suit of a jacket, vest, and pair of trousers for a man.
  • three-speed — a system of gears having three forward gear ratios, especially on a bicycle.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
  • topographer — a specialist in topography.
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • traineeship — the state or position of being a trainee.
  • transhipper — a person who tranships
  • trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
  • trochophore — a ciliate, free-swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers.
  • trophozoite — a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • troposphere — the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
  • trout-perch — any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins, esp., a species (Percopsis omiscomaycus) of Canada and the E U.S.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
  • tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
  • typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
  • undershapen — deficiently formed
  • unhampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
  • unhoped for — (esp of something pleasant) not anticipated; unexpected
  • unhoped-for — unexpected; unanticipated: an unhoped-for piece of good luck.
  • unperishing — not perishing; enduring
  • unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly
  • unpurchased — not bought or purchased
  • unsharpened — not sharpened
  • up-gathered — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
  • upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
  • upholstress — a female upholsterer
  • upper house — one of two branches of a legislature generally smaller and less representative than the lower branch, as the Senate of the U.S. Congress.
  • upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
  • uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
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